Dickens, Charles. The Works of Charles Dickens (eleven volumes). New York: The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company, ca. 1895. [9316]
Eleven volumes in matching maroon cloth bindings, each 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, each with frontispiece illustration, all top edges gilt, texts clean, books tight, unless otherwise noted in the list below. No dust jackets or publisher's box. Very good. Hardcover.
You will receive the following:
Dombey and Son. 870 pp. VG
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. 828 pp. short edge chew top front board corner. G.
Pickwick Papers. 808 pp. VG
Little Dorrit. 827 pp. VG
The Old Curiosity Shop, Hard Times, and The HollyTree Inn & Other Stories. 549 & 256 & 93 pp. VG
Great Expectations. 810 pp. The text block was partially pulled from the backstrip - we pasted the spine of the book to the inside of the backstrip. Torn end paper hinges, yet now tight. A little edge-wear to the ffep & frontispiece. FAIR
Our Mutual Friend. 825 pp. Some spotting near the top front board edge.
David Copperfield. 868 pp. VG Light spotting on the spine.
The Adventures of Oliver Twist; also, Pictures from Italy, and American Notes. 415, 168, 243 pp. VG
Christmas Books, and Reprinted Pieces. 828 pp. Spots & soil on front board, the top of which has a 1 inch evidence of an insect repast on the top edge.
A Child's History of England and Miscellaneous. 387 & 483 pp. VG
The New York publisher, Frank Moore Lupton (1854-1910), used the imprint The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company from 1892 to 1902, when the name was changed to the Federal Book Company.